Running cost for the Fisher & Paykel DD24SV2T9
At 134 kWh/yr, the Fisher & Paykel DD24SV2T9's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified dishwasher.
The $25 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Fisher & Paykel DD24SV2T9 against the category
That's 42.2% below the dishwasher category average of 232 kWh/yr, and ranks 9 of 737 certified dishwashers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every dishwasher ENERGY STAR currently certifies (737 models), not an outside benchmark, about $18/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
BLACK+DECKER BCD6SD ($29/yr, 155 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Fisher & Paykel DD24SV2T9. Fisher & Paykel DD24STI9 ($25/yr, 134 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Fisher & Paykel's own models
Fisher & Paykel makes 15 ENERGY STAR certified dishwashers; this one ranks 8 of 15 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the DD24STX6I1 at $21/yr, and its priciest, the DW24U2I3 at $42/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical dishwasher's service life at 9 years; run the Fisher & Paykel DD24SV2T9 that long and it costs about $227 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Fisher & Paykel DD24SV2T9 is already efficient for its category at $25/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new dishwasher costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified dishwashers before buying.
Protecting what you have
At $25/year just to run, a dishwasher is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
The full Dishwasher category page shows all 737 dishwashers ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 134 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.